The Museum was founded in 1992 as the first Museum of its kind, outlining its objectives to showcase history of toilets, informing visitors about various kinds of toilets through the ages, disseminate information about the materials used in different periods in construction of toilets to name a few. The Museum was the first Museum of its kind with the objectives of showcasing the history of toilets, informing the architects etc. about the design of various toilets through the ages.

About the collection: The Museum has around 300 objects on display in the form of models, replicas, photographs, originals and literature collected or purchased essentially depicting the fascinating journey of toilets through the ages.

The strength of this museum is in the fact of it being the first and only toilet Museum in the world. Acknowledging its uniqueness, the issue dated May 18, 2014 of the Time magazine gave it third position in the ten most unusual toilets of the world. Other unique features of the collection are (a) A photograph of the Harappan toilet of 2,500 BC, India, which happened to be a pour flush type (b) Throne-like chamberpot model of the French Emperor, Louis XIV while using which, he gave audience to select people and (c) INCINOLET : Electric toilet from USA which quickly burns human excreta and conserves fresh water.